Fruit or lard press



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WITNESSES UNITED STATES CHARLES F. MEYER, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRUIT OR LAR-D PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters'latent No. 525,023, dated August28, 1894.

Application filed March 28, 1894.

T0 at whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES F. MEYER, of Pittsburg, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Fruit or Lard Presses, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is aside elevation partly in section of my improved fruit press; and Fig. 2is a vertical sectional View on the line IIII of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, a represents the bed pan of the presser, which isprovided with feet 19, and a spout c. Secured to the pan (1 are thevertical rods d d, which curve inwardly to ward each other at theirupper end so as to form a journal bearing for the screw-threaded nut e,which is pivoted or journaled to the rods 01 d. Resting on the bottom ofthe pan a is the outer cylinder f, inside of which is the perforatedcylinder g, having an interior rim or shoulder h at its base. Resting onthe rim h is the perforated bottom plate i, having lugs or feet k, whichrest on the bottom of the pan a. Passing through the nut e is thethreaded shaft Z, having a handle m. I At the lower end of this shaft Zis the pressing plate at, which is loosely secured ,to the shaft Z bythe cap 0 fitting over a collar on the end of the shaft so that theshaft may revolve without rotating the presser-head.

The operation is as follows:-The fruit is [placed in the innerperforated cylinder g,

which is placed inside of the outer cylinder f. The shaft Z is swunginto a vertical position, the nut e moving on its pivots, and thepressing plate at is brought down on the fruit in the Serial 1'...505,465. (No model.)

perforated cylinder 9 by turning the shaft in the threaded nut e, andthe pressure caused thereby forces the fruit juices through theperforations of the cylinder, which juices flow down into the pan (1.and thence through the spout c. When the j uices have been extracted,the shaft and pressing plate are withdrawn and are swung into ahorizontal position so as to be out of the way, as shown in Fig. 1, andthe perforated cylinder g, carrying the perforated bottom plate '5 andthe pulp resting thereon, is removed from the outer cylinder f, and thepulp is removed from the cylinder 9 by reversing the same and pressingdown on the loose bottom plate 71.

Although I have described my improved presser as applied to pressingfruit, I do not desire to limit its use to fruit, as it may be used inpressing lard and other substances.

The advantages of my improvement will be apparent to those skilled inthe art.

The follower being suspended from the pivoted nut may be easily swungout of the way when desired, while the construction is simple andeffective. 7

What I claim is- In a press, the combination with the cylinder, of ascrew-threaded shaft carrying the presser-plate, a supporting nutthrough which the shaft passes, and trunnions upon which the nut ispivotally supported; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES MEYER.

